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Who Leads Lean, Ford's 'Surgical' Approach, and Taking the Plunge into Manufacturing: IndustryWeek's Weekly Reads

May 5, 2023
The IW manufacturing community looked into these stories and explored happenings at Lordstown Motors, Danfoss and GE Appliances.

What companies grabbed the attention of our IndustryWeek manufacturing community this week? Lordstown Motors, Danfoss, Ford and GE Appliances, to name just a few. Career advice, strong management, young leadership and the IW Best Plants finalists are additional topics that captured their interest over the past seven days. 

As per usual on a Friday, here is our weekly Top 10 list. Catch up with what you may have missed earlier in the week. 

The 5 Disciplines of Strong Manufacturing Management: Instilling these principles in your organization just requires time, patience and for top leaders to recognize the right talent.

So That Happened: Lordstown Motors Fighting to Stay Alive... Again, Cutting Carbon at Danfoss, Lots of Hate for Oat Milk: IndustryWeek editors look into those stories and the legislative agenda for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and how the heck to incorporate ChatGPT into cars.

Who’s Responsible for Leading a Lean Transformation? Hint: It's not your in-house lean expert.

Generation Now Leadership: Falling Into Manufacturing at Smucker's: Despite no manufacturing background, Will Patrick enthusiastically jumped head first after a drastic career change.

Ford Leans Into More ‘Surgical’ Approach to EV Growth: The company is narrowing its investment strategy in China; Q1 results were lifted by strong numbers from its ICE and Pro divisions.

Career Advice: My Biggest Mistake and What I Learned from It (Part 2): IndustryWeek's Talent Advisory Board answers April's question: What’s the biggest mistake you made early in your career, and what did you learn from that experience?

The 50 States of Manufacturing: What's Made Where? Every state in the union contributes to the wealth of manufacturing across America. We've taken a moment to drop into each of the 50 states and showcase one of those manufacturers.

Making Swords and Smokers with GE Appliances: Betting on creative freedom and microfactories to drive innovation in small appliances manufacturing.

Career Advice: My Biggest Mistake and What I Learned from It (Part 1): IndustryWeek's Talent Advisory Board answers April's question: What’s the biggest mistake you made early in your career, and what did you learn from that experience?

2023 IndustryWeek Best Plants Finalists Announced: These IW Best Plants Awards finalists employ teamwork, display leadership, collaborate with their value chain partners and unfailingly focus on performance improvement.

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Manufacturing Robots: Buy? Lease? or As-a-Service? Behrens Metalware discovers that robot ownership and robots-as-a-service models can provide simultaneous success.

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